spattle

spattle

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Late Latin spatula.

Noun

spattle (plural spattles)

1. A spatula.
2. A tool or implement for mottling pottery with colour[1].

Noun

spattle

1. spawl; spittle
   • 1538, John Bale, Comedy concenynge thre lawes

     I can worke wyles in battle , If I do ones but spattle

References

1. 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary

• spattle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Plattes, let past, peltast